Pen-wiper.



I. L. CLINE & W. HENDERSON.

PEN wlPER.

l APPLICATION FILED JUNE I0. ISIS.

1,260,644. Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

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JOHN L. CLINE AND WILLIAM ir.

ENDERsoN, or' LANSING, KANSAS.

PEN-WIPER.

Specation of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, .1918.

Application filed June 10, 1916. Serial No. 103,008.

is, efficient in operation and cheap to manufacture.

Pen-wipers of the ordinary desk type have proven inefficient in manyways; first, the absorbing means does not wipe the pen clean` because itdoes not travel entirely over the wet surface of the same. For instance,if a pen were inserted into a sponge, portions of the sponge willnormally contact the pen point so as to absorb a quantity of the inkcontained thereon; however, these wet portions still remain inengagement with the point, and consequently the latter is not entirelydry when withdrawn from the device.

In our invention we have provided a stationary roller, having anabsorbent face, the said face being in a concave form so as to receivethe convex periphery of a second roller, also having an absorbent face.lVhile the first roller is stationary upon the frame-work of the device,the second roller is pivoted and when the pen is wiped the handle of thelatter rests upon a portion of the supporting means of the pivotedroller so that the weight of the operators hand forces the pivotedroller in engagement with the stationary roller and securely grasps thepen. As the pen is withdrawn from this position the rollers are turnedupon their respective pivoted points so that different absorbent facescontact with the pen in the manner obvious so that all the ink will beremoved therefrom, at the same time obviating the extreme point of thepen from contacting with any fibrous material whatso# It is also pointedout that by the providegree, yet one which Y sion of a concave andconvex roller the upper face of the pen will be eiiiciently cleaned bythe concave roller while the convex roller engages the under face of thepen point so as to remove all of the ink thereon.

l/Vith they above and other objects injview our invention relates tosuch details of construction and inthe engagement and combination ofparts as will be Vhereinafter fully described and specifically set forthin the vappendant claims.

In describing ourinvention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like numerals represent like orcorresponding parts throughout the.- several views and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our invention in its preferred form.

Fig. 2 is a. plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing parts in elevation andthe specific manner in which the pen point is engaged by the concaveandV convex rollers.

In the accompanying drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred formof our invention, the numeral 10 designates a base plate constructedpreferably of metal or material of the like consistency from whichproject upwardly and near the ends thereof, pairs of supporting arms 11and 12.

Upon reference to the drawings it will be see-n that the arms 12 areconsiderably shorter than the others. this being for the purposehereinafter fully set forth. Enlarged portions 13 and 14 respectivelyare provided upon each of the arms, the enlargements 13 being connectedtogether by a shaft 15 carrying a head portion 16, while theenlargements 14C have liournaled therethrough a pin 17.

A roller is provided upon the shaft 15, and spaced from the enlargementsthrough the medium of the concave-convex disks 18, con` cave portion ofthe disks being in engagement with the enlargement so that only a mediumamont of friction is generated when the roller is revolved.

As will be recognized the roller is constructed of an absorbent materialsuch for instance, as a blotting medium and as a concave face 19.

A memberl 20 is pivoted upon the pin lf( and has projecting upwardlytherefrom, at its rear extremity a linger 21, the latter supportingsections 22 of a resilient material, as is shown. The upper faces of thesections 29. are formed concave to conform with the contour of thehandle of the pen as it rests thereon as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Arms Q3 project from the forward eXtremity of the member 20 and havejournaled therethrough a stub shaft 24, the latter supporting the roller25. IThis roller is also formed of an absorbent material and spaced fromthe arms through the medium of con- Cavo-convex disks 26.

Consistent with the foregoing description the roller 25 has a convexface which when in the position shown in Fig. 3 enters the concave faceof the roller. 19 in the manner shown.

A section of blotting material 27 is disposed between the supports 11and 12 upon which 'normally rests the roller E25. By the provision ofthis blotting material it will be recognized that if any ink should dropfrom the pen it would be absorbed thereby before reaching the desk orother support of the device.

s Backs of the usual form such as designated by the numeral 28 areprovided adjacent the supporting arms 11 and 12 and receive the pensubstantially as shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it is thought that the advantages and novel featuresof our invention will be readily understood.

le desire it to be understood that we may make slight changes in theconstruction and in the arrangement and combination of parts withoutdeparting 'from the spirit of our invention, provided, however, suchchanges fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus fully described our' invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pen-wiper comprising a standard, a relatively stationary wipingroller journaled on the standard, a wiping roller coacting with therelatively stationary roller, and supporting means for the coactingwiping roller, said means being operative to move the coacting rollertoward the relatively stationary roller when a pen-point is insertedbetween the rollers.

2. A pen-wiper comprising a standard, relatively movable absorbentrollers carried by the standard and means actuated by a pen-holder forurging one of therollers against the other upon the insertion of apen-pointbetween the rollers. Y

3. A pen-wiper comprising a standard, an absorbing roller journaled onthe standard, a frame pivoted on the standard, a coacting absorbingroller journaled in the frame, and a rest arranged on the ltraine `fordepressing the frame and moving the Jframe carried roller toward thestandard carried roller.

when pressure is applied to said rest.

4:. A pen-wiper comprising a standard, a relatively fixed absorbingroller having a concaveperipheifyjournaled on the standard, a rollerframe journaled onthe standard, the :trame having a grooved extension,

and a coacting absorbent roller journaled in the traine, said rollerhaving a convex periphery to enter the relatively iXed absorbing rollerconcavity when moved toward said roller when the 'frame is depressed atthe grooved extension,

JOHN L. CLINE.

WILLIAM HENDERSON.

Witnesses;

C. L. Dnws,

J. WRIGHT.

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